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LEGUMINOSAE 



ALB1ZZIA Durazzini 

 ALBIZZIA MEGALADENIA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 8 m alta, subglabra, partibus junioribus leviter 

 pubescentibus ; foliis 14 ad 18 cm longis, petiolis et rachibus 

 inter pinnis ultimis glandulis magnis ovoideis instructis; pinnis 

 6- ad 9-jugatis, 5 ad 7 cm longis; foliolis 20- ad 30-jugatis, 

 oblongis, obtusis, 5 ad 7 mm longis, inaequilateralibus ; f ructibus 

 anguste oblongis, usque ad 8 cm longis, circiter 1.4 cm latis, 

 obtusis, nitidis, reticulatis; seminibus 15 ad 20, contiguis. 



A tree about 8 m high, nearly glabrous. Branches terete, 

 glabrous, dark reddish-brown or nearly black when dry, the 

 branchlets paler in color, also glabrous. Leaves bipinnate, 14 to 

 18 cm long, 6- to 9-jugate, the petiole at or above the middle with 

 a very prominent, dark-brown, ovoid, projecting, 7 to 9 mm 

 long gland, a similar but smaller one usually present between the 

 ultimate pinnae ; pinnae 5 to 7 cm long, the rachis very sparingly 

 pubescent; leaflets oblong, inequilateral, glabrous or nearly so, 

 20 to 30 pairs on each pinna, 5 to 7 mm long, 1.5 to 2 mm wide, 

 rounded at the apex, the base rounded on the broader side, 

 subacute or obtuse on the narrow side, the nerves indistinct. 

 Pods brownish when dry, shining, somewhat reticulate, narrowly 

 oblong, 7 to 8 cm long, about 1.4 cm wide, rather thin, rounded 

 at the apex, the base acuminate, margins somewhat thickened; 

 seeds 15 to 20, contiguous, subelliptic, compressed, about 4 mm 

 long. 



Luzon, Tayabas Province, Umiray, Bur. Sci. 29023 Ramos & Edano, 

 June, 1917, in forests along the Umiray River. 



This species in vegetative characters somewhat resembles Albizzia leb- 

 bekoides Benth., but is entirely different in its fruit characters, and in 

 its remarkably large, ovoid, projecting petiolar and rachis glands. The 

 pods, although much smaller, resemble those of Leucaena glauca Benth., 

 but are indehiscent and reticulate. 



NEPTUNIA Loureiro 



NEPTUNIA DEPAUPERATA sp. nov. 



Suffrutex prostratus e basi lignosus, usque ad 40 cm longis, 

 ramosis, ramis ramulisque tenuibus, teretibus vel ramulis obscu- 

 rissime angulosis; foliis 1.5 ad 3 cm longis, 1- ad 4-jugatis; 

 foliolis oblongis, 2 ad 3 cm longis, confertis, crassis, margine 

 leviter ciliatis, obscurissime venosis; capitulis axillaribus, soli- 

 tariis, pedunculatis ; floribus 5-meris, staminibus 5; floribus 

 inferioribus neutris, staminoideis petaloideis, circiter 10 mm Ion- 



